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Proud Boys' Convictions Highlight Ongoing Threat.
crime2 years ago

Proud Boys' Convictions Highlight Ongoing Threat.

Handwritten notes passed around the defense table during the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial give a rare insight into defendants who appeared anxious about their futures, at times bored with the drawn-out legal fights that plagued the trial, and focused on proving there was no overarching plan to commit sedition. The notes also show the defendants and their lawyers discussing legal strategy and occasionally finding levity in the situation with detailed comics or jokes about the ongoing trial.

Proud Boys trial witness revealed as government informant.
politics2 years ago

Proud Boys trial witness revealed as government informant.

A witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court filing. Defense lawyers have asked the judge to declare a mistrial over a variety of issues they say have been unfair to their clients. The trial in Washington's federal court is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack.